Although Hou Qingning hadn't known Duan Lingtian for a long time, from their previous interactions and what he heard afterwards, it wasn't hard for him to guess that Duan Lingtian was a cautious person.
When Duan Lingtian was still at the Hidden Fog Academy, Duan Lingtian had refused his help in the 10-star student trial. Hou Qingning thought that Duan Lingtian would have met with an accident because of his arrogance, but in the end, Duan Lingtian had survived.
Later, through some rumors, he heard that the various God King level family clans of Skywind City had all sent death knights to kill Duan Lingtian. But, without exception, all of them were either annihilated or only a few were left alive.
Whether Duan Lingtian had relied on his own strength or external forces, it was enough to see how cautious Duan Lingtian was.
Later on, while he was at the Hidden Fog Academy, he heard that Duan Lingtian had killed Shangguan Xiongfeng and Long Xiao in the Hidden Fog Sect and had smoothly escaped. He had also smoothly entered the Linghu family. From this, Hou Qingning saw just how cautious Duan Lingtian was.
Who were Shangguan Xiongfeng and Long Xiao?
They were two of the four Highest Elders of the Hidden Fog Sect. They were disciples of Elder Wind and Elder Thunder. If someone dared to kill them in the Hidden Fog Sect, it would be difficult for them to survive.
But, Duan Lingtian had survived.
It seemed reckless, but he had still managed to escape unscathed.
If someone said that Duan Lingtian hadn't made preparations beforehand, Hou Qingning wouldn't believe it even if he was beaten to death.
It was because of this that Hou Qingning had dared to send a message to Duan Lingtian.
He believed that as long as Duan Lingtian discovered some clues and knew that he was being coerced, he would definitely arrange everything.
With Duan Lingtian's current status in the Linghu family, it was enough for the head of the Linghu family, Linghu Renjie, to go to great lengths to help him.
"I've already asked our Linghu family's Patriarch to send a message to the Murong family to help look after the Ten Thousand Leaves Sect … However, he should be alone and has no accomplices."
Duan Lingtian looked at the black-robed man and said indifferently, "The Divine Emperors of the Murong family have been patrolling around Wanye City for two days and have not found anyone suspicious."
"Thank you."
Although he was mentally prepared, Hou Qingning was still very excited when he heard Duan Lingtian's words. He repeatedly thanked Duan Lingtian.
And now, the onlookers standing in the distance gradually guessed the sequence of events after hearing the conversation between Duan Lingtian and the black-robed man.
"Duan Lingtian? Is this young man the Duan Lingtian of the Linghu family? "
"He looks so young!"
"So he's the one who refined the ultimate Jia Yi Bing Divine Pill? You really can't judge a book by its cover. "
… …
Many of the onlookers were in an uproar when they guessed Duan Lingtian's identity.
Many of them also looked at Linghu Huan, Linghu Heng, and Linghu Zhengxing. "They're the three elders of the Linghu family and the three strongest people in the Linghu family … I didn't expect them to appear together in Linghu City today."
"It's obvious they're here to protect Revered Elder Duan Ling Tian. I really didn't expect Revered Elder Duan Ling Tian to have such a high position in the Linghu Clan after just two years."
"The others seem to be Divine Emperors as well."
"That's Linghu Qing Ze, that's Linghu …"
… …
Duan Lingtian, Hou Qingning, and the black-robed man stood facing each other. Elders Heng and Heng stood side by side between them.
Around the black-robed man were seven Divine Emperors, led by Linghu Zhengxing. They were all glaring at the black-robed man. The latter was obviously a trapped beast.
"From the moment I saw you, I used my consciousness to guard against you and send a message to Duan Lingtian to warn him …"
The black-robed man stared at Hou Qingning and asked in a low voice, "Later on, even when Duan Lingtian's Soul Orb was in my hands, I still kept my guard up against you so that you wouldn't send a message to the others to warn Duan Lingtian."
"How did you notify him?"
"I thought everything was under my control."
As the black-robed man spoke, there was a hint of unwillingness in his hoarse voice.
"You told me to contact Duan Lingtian and tell him that when I was in Linghu City, I notified him right in front of you."
Hou Qingning looked at the black-robed man with a mocking smile and said, "At that time, I told him that he said he would treat me and the people of the Ten Thousand Leaves Sect to a meal and that he owed us a meal … However, in reality, he didn't mention this at all. In fact, we never even talked about this."
"As long as Duan Lingtian can confirm that we didn't talk about this, he will naturally start guessing. Coupled with his current situation, it's not difficult for him to guess that I wanted to lure him out."
"More accurately, I wanted to lure him out by threatening my people."
Hou Qingning said.
"Aren't you afraid that your warning to him will cause the deaths of thousands of people in your Ten Thousand Leaves Sect?"
The black-robed man asked in a low voice, "You, for one person, are willing to drag down the entire sect behind you?"
"I already said that."
Hou Qingning said indifferently, "I believe in Duan Lingtian."
"I believe that he can guess my situation and the Ten Thousand Leaves Sect's situation. I also believe that he can take care of everything."
"Of course, the reason why I'm willing to gamble like this is also because of the good relationship between the Murong family and the Linghu family."
In front of Duan Lingtian, Hou Qingning didn't plan to hide anything and spoke openly.
"You really dare to gamble," the black-robed man said coldly.
The black-robed man said coldly before he glanced at Duan Ling Tian. "Duan Ling Tian, you really have a good friend. For you, he's willing to gamble with the lives of thousands of people!"
"I'm also very honored to have such a friend."
Duan Lingtian faintly smiled and looked at the black-robed man as if he was looking at a dead person.
Whoosh!!
Just as the black-robed man's voice fell, a sword suddenly appeared in his hand. With a flash, a deep blue wind blade condensed and spread out in all directions.
"Wind Shadow Lightning Sword!"
As the high-grade divine sword appeared in the black-robed man's hand, Linghu Huan's small eyes suddenly narrowed. "I knew that when you attacked just now, it felt a little familiar … so it's the Hidden Fog Sect's Elder Feng."
As his voice fell, Linghu Huan unhurriedly followed after Linghu Zhengxing and the others and attacked.
As for the surrounding crowd, they were in an uproar.
The black-robed man who wanted to kill Duan Lingtian was actually one of the Hidden Fog Sect's four Grand Elders, Elder Feng?
At the same time, Linghu Zhengxing and the others all took out their own Divine Artifacts. Even though they were able to gain the upper hand by striking later, they were able to block the black-gowned man's sudden sword strike by relying on their superior numbers.
At the same time, the black-robed man also took off his hood, revealing a face that Duan Lingtian wasn't unfamiliar with.
"I thought it was flawless, but I never imagined that this brat Hou Qingning would have such a blind trust in Duan Lingtian."
Elder Feng said with a sigh.
"Elder Feng, what you did this time, was it your own doing, or was it the Hidden Fog Sect's covert opposition?"
At this time, Linghu Huan spoke up, his tone incomparably gloomy.
"It was my own doing."
Elder Feng lightly said, "The Hidden Fog Sect and even Elder Thunder feared Duan Lingtian's future achievements, so they weren't willing to be enemies with Duan Lingtian."
"What a pity, what a pity. Just a little more …"
When Elder Feng looked at Duan Lingtian once more, his eyes were filled with unwillingness. Killing intent also rose on his face.
"Shangguan Xiongfeng, I'm afraid he isn't as simple as being Elder Feng's disciple, right?"
At this time, Linghu Huan looked deeply at Elder Feng and asked.
If Shangguan Xiongfeng was only a disciple, he didn't believe that Elder Feng would have taken this step. This was equivalent to making an enemy of their Linghu family with his own strength.
"Rumor has it that Shangguan Xiongfeng is your illegitimate son, your grandson … could this rumor be true?"
Linghu Huan asked.
"Yes, he is my grandson."
Elder Feng nodded.
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, most of the people around him were subconsciously stunned by his response.
He moved.
Puchi!
The sword in Elder Feng's right hand slashed across the palm of his left hand. Following that, blood splattered out and fused with his wind power. In an instant, an extremely strange and sharp aura erupted.
In the next moment.
Whoosh!
Elder Feng's entire body was covered in a layer of blood-colored astral energy. It was as if he had turned into a giant blood sword as he shot straight towards Duan Lingtian.
His speed was ridiculously fast.
"Not good!"
At this moment, the expressions of the nine Divine Emperors, including Linghu Huan and his brother, changed drastically.
It should be noted that when they heard that Shangguan Xiongfeng was Elder Feng's grandson, their hearts skipped a beat and they were slightly distracted.
It was only when Elder Feng made his move that they came back to their senses. They all made their moves and charged towards Elder Feng.
However, they were still a step too late.
"Duan Lingtian, Hou Qingning, with the two of you dying with me, I can answer to Xiongfeng when I meet him."
The blood sword suddenly bypassed the Linghu family's Elders Heng and Huan and charged towards Duan Lingtian and Hou Qingning.
Hou Qingning's expression changed drastically.
Earlier, even he was shocked by Elder Feng's words. He didn't expect the rumor that Shangguan Xiongfeng was Elder Feng's grandson to be true.
This was a human's instinctive reaction.
The sword light on the giant sword was like a ferocious beast with its mouth wide open. It was about to swallow Duan Lingtian and Hou Qingning whole.
The several Divine Emperors of the Linghu family revealed looks of regret. They regretted being distracted.
Although it was impossible for Elder Feng of the Hidden Fog Sect to escape from under their noses.
However, it was already too late to stop him from killing Duan Lingtian.
Elder Feng's strength was no weaker than theirs.
Now, Elder Feng had made his move while they were distracted. They had no way of stopping Elder Feng's attack.
As for the other four Divine Emperors that Linghu Huan had brought over, their expressions were ugly.
After all, they had come this time to ensure the safety of the Linghu family's consecrator, Duan Lingtian. Moreover, the Linghu family had promised them the Limit Jia Yi Bing Divine Pill.
If Duan Lingtian died, the Linghu family wouldn't be able to take out the reward.
Moreover, Duan Lingtian had been killed right under their noses. Even if the Linghu family was willing to take out something else for revenge, they wouldn't have the face to take it.
Was he going to make a wasted trip this time?
Thinking of this, they were filled with hatred for Elder Feng. They attacked Elder Feng's back with killing moves!
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